Unit 2 – IT 402 Self-Management Skills – II
Stress and Stress Management
Stress is our emotional, mental, physical and social reaction to any perceived demands or threats.
For example, you are too close to the exams but feel unprepared.
Stress Management is about making a plan to be able to cope effectively with daily pressures. You have to make a suitable plan for your daily life routines so that it would not put hard pressure on you. If you are not able to manage yourself to the increasing pressure this will led to stress.
Our main goal is to maintain a balance between life, work, relationships, relaxation and fun. By doing this, you are able to manage stress-related problems in your daily life.
List your favourite stress management technique and elaborate (by yourself) on why you find it the most effective for you
The stress management techniques are: (Easily you can describe by yourself)
- Time Management
- Physical exercise and fresh air, Take nature walk
- Healthy diet, Yoga, Meditation
- Positivity
- Organising academic life
- Sleep
- Holidays with family and friends
Explain the importance of stress management
Stress management is crucial for maintaining overall well-being and improving the quality of life. It involves adopting strategies and techniques to cope with and reduce the negative effects of stress, which is the body’s natural response to challenging or threatening situations. While some level of stress can be beneficial as it motivates us and helps us deal with challenges, excessive or prolonged stress can have detrimental effects on our physical, emotional, and mental health.
What are the different types of stressors?
Stress is not always a bad thing. Stress is simply the body’s response to changes that create taxing (physically or mentally) demands. Stressors are not always limited to situations where some external situation is creating a problem. Internal events such as feelings and thoughts and habitual behaviours can also cause negative stress.
There are two types of stressors. (i) Eustress (ii) Distress
Eustress is normal psychological stress interpreted as being beneficial for the experience.
Distress means extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain